When Fumi Cheever, a native of Japan, was an undergraduate student at the University of Nevada-Reno, she didn’t have a lot of interaction with the Reno community. So when she was working on her master’s degree at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, she sought out volunteer opportunities in [...]
Missouri Western established a new School of Nursing and Health Professions in February. The School of Nursing and Health Professions will be housed within the College of Professional Studies and will be led by an associate dean. The School will include Missouri Western’s master’s degree programs in nursing and undergraduate [...]
A 2013 participant in Missouri Western’s applied entrepreneurship program purchased the Golden Corral in St. Joseph, Missouri. Scott Lassen ’10, who was awarded a Fresca’s Mexican Grill in Woodburn, Oregon in the 2013 competition, sold that restaurant to another Missouri Western alumnus and moved to St. Joseph to operate the [...]
In its first year with a full-time director, the parliamentary debate program has made a name for itself both statewide and nationally, thanks to two debaters. When Jason Edgar, communication studies instructor, was hired as the program’s coach last fall, he inherited the parliamentary debate team of Chris Miles and [...]
David Liechti, a member of the Board of Governors; and Pat Dillon, a member of the MWSU Foundation Board of Directors; were selected for Ingram’s Magazine’s “50 Missourians You Should Know.” The Kansas City magazine’s list highlights leaders in business, education, nonprofits, arts and other areas. Mike Ducey, professor of [...]
Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, provided expert testimony in support of two bills related to suicide prevention before a Missouri Senate committee in January. The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on two bills: Senate Bill 646, which requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop training guidelines [...]
Political commentator Cokie Roberts will be the featured speaker at the 23rd R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues this fall. The Convocation is at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13 in the Looney Complex Cokie Roberts, 2016 speaker at the R. Dan Boulware Convocation on Critical Issues. Arena, [...]
The making of “Harry & Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons” Although Harry Truman and Walter Cronkite were a generation apart in age, their paths crossed many times and there were many similarities between the two men. That, said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president, is the premise of the University’s newest [...]
Dear Friends, As I am writing this, the University is wrapping up its yearlong Centennial celebration, and what a great Dr. Vartabedian with Tom Ridge, the 2015 Convocation on Critical Issues speaker. year it has been! I hope many of you had the opportunity to join us on [...]
